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Ortofon Concorde Music Bronze

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Concorde Music Bronze

Premium Moving Magnet cartridge

Concorde Music Bronze

The Concorde Music Bronze features a Nude Fine Line stylus on Aluminium cantilever, offers an upgrade from the Concorde Music Blue. Enjoy seamless upgrades throughout the series, from your Concorde Music Bronze to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250, simply by replacing the stylus. Experience insightful, high-resolution sound reproduction!

The Concorde Music series
Developed by music lovers, for music lovers, the Concorde Music HiFi cartridges blend premium performance with an iconic design. Concorde Music, not just a cartridge, but a dedication to the profound impact music has on our lives, turning every listening session into a captivating journey.

Installing a Concorde Music cartridge on a turntable is easy and straightforward, no tools required making it hassle free and convenient.

Included accessories:
The cartridge comes with a stylus brush and a rubber ring. The rubber ring helps prevent overtightening and ensures a secure fit between the cartridge and tonearm.

Concorde Music Bronze

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Award winning cartridge design

Iconic design

Building upon a rich legacy which began when we launched the original Concorde, the Concorde Music holds a storied history as one of the most famous cartridges in the world of audio.

Originally developed as a solution to the challenge of easy mounting on a tonearm without screws or wires, the Concorde's unique design earned the Danish Industrial Design Award and became an icon in the audio industry.

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Stylus

The Concorde Music Bronze, featuring a Nude Fine Line stylus on an Aluminum cantilever, offers an upgrade from the Concorde Music Blue.

The shape of the Nude Fine Line diamond provides more faithful tracking of the groove. Unlike the Elliptical shape, the Fine Line has a narrower profile, yet its prolonged shape ensures sufficient contact with a wide area of the groove. Experience your music with a whole new dimension of precision.

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Unique in-house rubber production

Rubber suspension

A crucially important and vital part of a phono cartridge overall performance is the stylus rubber suspension.

Exclusive Ortofon rubber compounds are used for the stylus suspensions in the Concorde Music Bronze, carefully produced at the inhouse rubber production, and developed by the research and engineering team at Ortofon for brilliant performance.

Precise and dynamic sound image

Coil system

The Concorde Music features Ortofon's quad-coil generating system with four split pole pins. Silver-plated oxygen-free copper is chosen for the quad-coil system, along with four Ortofon split pole pins.

This results in exceptional channel balance and separation, delivering precise and dynamic sound. With a 6 mV output, it offers lifelike sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity, capturing every detail.

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Perfect fit for S-shaped tonearms

Compatibility

Installing the Concorde Music cartridge on your turntable is easy and straightforward; no tools are required, making it hassle-free and convenient for all users. This is thanks to the bayonet/SME connector, which makes it compatible with all S-shaped tonearms.

Full upgrade path

Upgradeability

The Concorde Music Bronze can be replaced or upgraded with all Concorde Music styli, enabling an upgrade path throughout the entire series up to the Concorde Music Black LVB 250.

Upgrading the stylus is a simple task; simply pull the stylus off and replace it with the new one. Remember to keep the stylus guard on when installing the new stylus to keep the needle safe.

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StereoNET Applause Award

Award-Winning Performance

The Ortofon Concorde Music Bronze has been recognized by two of the audio industry’s most respected voices.

In January 2025, it received the prestigious Applause Award from StereoNET. Reviewer David Price praised its “impressively polished yet highly engaging” sound, noting its “surprisingly deep insight into the recording, with a drive and grip that makes listening fun.” Read the full review here: StereoNET Applause Award

Additionally, the Concorde Music Bronze was honored with 1st Place in the Tonabnehmer (up to €500) category of the GOLDENES OHR 2025 awards by Audio stereoplay. Dr. Klaus Laumann, Editor-in-Chief of HiFi, presented the award, cementing its status as a top-tier cartridge in its class.

Golden Ear Award – Voted by Listeners

"The Concorde Music Bronze proudly claimed 1st place in the 'Best Cartridge Under €500' category, earning the Golden Ear Award from readers of Audio and Stereoplay"

Audio and Stereoplay, 2025

Stereonet Applause Awards, Refined Sound & Performance

"In the case of the Concorde Music Bronze, it sounds impressively polished yet highly engaging. There's a surprisingly deep insight into the recording, with a drive and grip that makes listening fun."

David Price

StereoNET, 2/2025

Stereonet Applause Awards, Exceptional Tracking & Detail

"This new cartridge's nude fine line tip is a honey of a stylus profile, digging deep into the groove whilst staying secure."

David Price

StereoNET, 2/2025

Stereonet Applause Awards, Seamless Listening Experience

"Cueing up my 7-inch single of Icehouse's Hey Little Girl, and I'm highly impressed by the strong stereo imaging. Although this song is now over forty years old, there's loads of atmosphere and ambience issuing forth from my Sony PS-8750 turntable."

David Price

StereoNET, 2/2025

Stereonet Applause Awards, A True Hi-Fi Icon Returns

"The new Concorde Music delivers the classy, smooth and detailed Ortofon sound in an affordable package that's wonderfully easy to use."

David Price

StereoNET, 2/2025


Specifications

Channel balance at 1 kHz
1 dB
Output voltage at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec
6 mV
Channel separation at 1 kHz
26 dB
Frequency response 20 Hz - 20 kHz
+2 / 0 dB
Tracking ability at 315 Hz
80 µm
Compliance, dynamic, lateral
15 µm/mN
Cantilever material
Aluminium
Stylus type
Nude Fine Line diamond
Stylus tip radius
r/R 8/40 µm
Coil system
Quad-coils with split pole pins
Tracking force, recommended
1.8 g (18 mN)
Tracking angle
20°
Cartridge colour
Black/Bronze
Cartridge weight
18 g
Recommended load resistance
47 kOhm
Recommended load capacitance
150-300 pF